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Abolitionism and Underground Railroad Challenge

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Create a slave character who escaped to freedom and is retelling his adventures as a slave narrative for others to know

Plan the publisher's page, dedication page, back cover, front cover, optional illustrations

Read picture books, historical fiction books, encyclopedias for content

Use the two maps containing routes for the Underground Railroad

Use an accurate calendar for the year the event took place

Use the suggested words related to the Underground Railroad and Abolitionism

Consider:

Who he/she is (name, age, skills, past experiences)
Where he/she was living
Experiences he/she had which led to making him want to flee
How he planned when to leave (time of year; after a bad experience)
What route he planned to take and why he took that route
Who helped him along the way
Where he ended up
Epilogue - What he did in his future life:

Vary a minimum of 9 entries to include:

incidents while living on the plantation
incidents while traveling on your escape route
incidents when you get where you are going

Word Bank:

fugitive - - - conductor - - - special signals and codes
kidnapping - - - station - - - Fugitive Slave Law
abolish - - - station master - - - freedom papers
abolitionist - - - overseer - - - Quakers
free state - - - slave state - - - Amish

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